Is fat-to-lean mass ratio a better predictor of heart variability than body mass index?

• Main Authors: Piyush Aggarwal (Author), Saranya Kuppusamy (Author), Praveen Prakash (Author), Senthilkumar Subramanian (Author), Jean Fredrick (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) may not accurately predict cardiometabolic risk due to confounders like age, gender, relatively high lean mass, and the "thin-fat phenotype" prevalent in south Asian populations. Fat-to-lean mass ratio (FTLM), which assesses the balance between fat and lea...